Pain Management Nurses' Roles During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Pain Manag Nurs
; 23(1): 9-16, 2022 02.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1447066
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Millions of people globally have been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. It's impact on pain management nurses roles' remains unknown.AIMS:
To explore role changes among pain management nurses performing patient care during the Covid-19 pandemic.DESIGN:
Qualitative descriptive research study. SETTINGS The American Society for Pain Management Nursing's listserv, E-News Brief postings, and snowball sampling. PARTICIPANTS/SUBJECTS:
English-speaking registered nurses or advanced practice registered nurses who provided direct patient care since 2020 were eligible.METHOD:
Data were collected through individual, semi-structured telephone interviews. An interview guide was used and included questions about participants' characteristics and the effect of the Covid-19 pandemic on their roles in clinical work. Data were analyzed using qualitative content analysis.RESULTS:
A homogenous sample of eighteen nurses from the United States was interviewed. Their normal roles, roles during the pandemic, and surges in patients with Covid-19 as the condition for role changes emerged from their descriptions. Most participants did not experience significant changes in their normal roles, but all described how their normal functions were impacted by the pandemic.CONCLUSIONS:
As the infectious variants of this disease evolve or other disastrous conditions occur, further changes to roles may occur. The skill sets of pain management nurses, including understanding assessment of pain across the lifespan, administration of opioids and multimodal analgesia, monitoring of patients, and communicating by educating and consultations, reinforce the significant contribution pain management nurses have as valued team members in times of crisis.Keywords
Full text:
Available
Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
COVID-19
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Nurses
Type of study:
Prognostic study
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Qualitative research
Topics:
Variants
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Pain Manag Nurs
Journal subject:
Nursing
/
Neurology
/
Psychophysiology
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
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